Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer conducting an informal worship service, April 8, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01065
Subjects: Judaism--Customs and practices; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer performing a wedding ceremony while serving as a chaplain with the U. S. Army during World War II, ca. 1944-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01070
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--War work; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer with his wife, Florence, boarding a plane for a trip to given to them by the Tifereth Israel Congregation, ca. 1956-1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01072
Subjects: Jewish families--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Free Press showing a quartet of musicians performing at Oktoberfest, an annual event which takes place in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The men wear traditional German costumes and stand next to a statue of King Gambrinus, a Flemish leader who is credited with the invention of beer. The statue originally stood outside of Gambrinus Brewery, which operated on the site from 1906 until 1974, and remained after the brewery was demolished. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F09_05
Subjects: German Village; German Americans; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Musical performances; Musicians; Cultural heritage
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of William Bimeler, husband of Lillian Ruof Bimeler, as a young boy, ca. 1880-1885. William was a descendent of Joseph Bimeler, a founder of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01759
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- Ethnic Communities
Places: Massillon (Ohio)
 

Description: In this photograph, Italian immigrant Florindo Dipinto operates his tool-grinding cart on the sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1950-1960. Dipinto immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1913 at age 17. He originally settled in Chicago where he learned the tool-grinding trade from his uncle, Vincenzo Fabrizio. After one year of working with his uncle, he was able to purchase his own tool-grinding cart. Before settling in Cleveland, he worked in a coal mine in Colorado; served briefly in the United States Army during World War I; operated his grinding cart in Youngstown, Ohio, and returned to Italy where he served in the Army and met his wife Maria. Between 1927 and 1961, Dipinto operated his grinding cart in Cleveland, sharpening tools for a variety of customers. He retired in 1961 and passed away in 1981. The grinding cart is part of the Ohio Historical Society museum collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07057
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Immigrants--Ohio; Tools
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade two-wheeled cart used for sharpening knives and scissors was made in Chicago, Illinois, around 1910. The wooden frame is painted green and sits on two red wheels. Two handles at one end have a striped cloth seat between them. The top of the machine has several grinding stones on a metal rod. Wrapped around the rod is a belt attached to a large wheel in the center of the cart, which is operated by several foot pedals at the base. The cart was originally owned by Vincenzo Fabrizio, an Italian immigrant in Chicago. Fabrizio arranged for his nephew, Florindo DiPinto, to immigrate to the United States in 1913 when DiPinto was 17 years old. DiPinto learned the sharpening and grinding craft from his uncle on this cart. With this grinding cart, DiPinto sharpened such things as razors, knives, scissors, swords, saws, hedge trimmers and lawnmower blades. After a year, DiPinto purchased this cart from his uncle. In 1917, DiPinto moved to Youngstown from Chicago with this sharpening machine and pursued his trade there. In 1927, DiPinto moved to Cleveland with this machine and stayed active with it until his retirement in 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H43618_01
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Immigrants--Ohio; Tools; Immigration and Ethnic Heritage;
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer speaking at an Industrial Commission of Ohio Safety Awards Banquet, Portage County, Ohio, October 26, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01064
Subjects: Rabbis; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait shows William Bimeler (1876-1929), resident of Zoar, Ohio, posing with a cornet. He is wearing a cap and what likely is a band uniform. He was a descendant of Joseph Bimeler, founder of the religious separatists known as Zoarites. These separatists were originally from an area of Germany known as Wurttemburg. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they had separated from the official German religion, the Lutheran Church. Separatists faced severe persecution in Wurttemburg, including confiscation of their properties and imprisonment. Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled "Bäumeler) decided to bring the Separatists to the United States. They arrived in Philadelphia with few resources. The Quakers (Society of Friends) in Philadelphia helped the separatists to find jobs and eventually loaned them the money to buy land in eastern Ohio, where they established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County in 1818. The inspiration for the town's name was found in the Book of Genesis, which includes the story of Lot, who escaped to Zoar from Sodom. In Zoar the group established a communal society. Both male and female members of the community signed the Articles of Association, which created the Society of Separatists of Zoar on April 15, 1819. The Articles were revised in 1824 and in 1833 the Society was incorporated. Bimeler continued as one of the Zoarites' leaders until his death in 1853. Although the society struggled at first, it soon became economically prosperous. By the time of Bimeler's death, Zoar's wealth was more than one million dollars. In keeping with the Zoarites’ German heritage, making music was one of the community’s pastimes. Zoar had an orchestra and a brass band. After Bimeler's death, however, the society of Zoar began to decline. Although the community was still economically prosperous, the members' commitment to the society's original goals began to deteriorate in the second half of the nineteenth century. Over time, many of the original residents died. The younger generation did not have memories of the persecution back in Europe or of the society's early struggles in Ohio. The outside world increasingly influenced the Zoarites, as strangers visited Zoar and stayed in the town's hotel. In 1898 the remaining members decided to dissolve the society, and they divided up the community's property. Throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Zoar has continued to exist as a small town in rural eastern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05973
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar; German Americans; Musical instruments; Religious societies; Multicultural Ohio -- Ethnic Communities
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer leading a celebration of Hanukkah for soldiers at Stark General Hospital in South Carolina while serving as a chaplain with the U. S. Army during World War II, 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01071
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--War work; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: This map shows the immigrant and African American communities in Cleveland in 1915. Ethnic groups represented at the time were Czechoslovakian, Finnish, German, Greek and Syrian, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Lithuanian, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, Yugoslav and African American. The most substantial and diverse migration to Cleveland occurred between 1870 and 1914, and included many Southern and Eastern Europeans. This large exodus was fostered by shortages of land in the home countries, more liberal emigration policies, increased military conscription, and, particularly for those of Jewish descent, persecution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM47_8
Subjects: Immigrants--Ohio; Immigration and Ethnic Heritage; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Margaret Hamm Thorne dressed in costume of Jerusalem, ca. 1910-1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00094
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
Places: Jerusalem (Israel)